Obscure Music History

It's a classic non-demoninational holiday special episode, so we go off book and find a music historian to explain their favourite holiday musical moment. George Greggenmeyer shares his bootleg recording of "Ho Ho Ho (It's Your Mum)", and we find out about the historic inaccuracies behind The Little Drummer Boy. A study of an anonymous holiday recording and its unlikely cultural footprint, questioning authorship, novelty music, and how misattribution becomes tradition.  || Obscure Music History is a podcast investigating the anthology of rarities and B-sides of unpopular music. Produced by Tom Hogan. "Ho Ho Ho (It's Your Mum)", and all music from Obscure Music History, are available on all streaming platforms. For more information, visit ObscureMusicHistory.com. || "Ho Ho Ho (It's Your Mum)" features Laura Caeser on backup vocals, with lyrics by Ellie Downing & Tom Hogan.

In this tell-all interview, barbershop quartet The Pink Smudges open up, divulging the tragic details of how they came to be. This emotional interview explores notions of national identity, and parenthood, underlying their old timey 1932 single "Found A Dollar, Found A Dime". || Obscure Music History is a podcast investigating the anthology of rarities and B-sides of unpopular music. Produced by Tom Hogan. The Pink Smudges, and all music from Obscure Music History, are available on all streaming platforms. For more information, visit ObscureMusicHistory.com.

One-hit-wonder Jesse Brooks explores the the socio-political issues that influenced the songwriting process behind "Sexually Ambiguous People", regarding the price of fame, aesthetic confusion in early 1980s pop, and whether or not the song has a bass line. || Obscure Music History is a podcast investigating the anthology of rarities and B-sides of unpopular music. Produced by Tom Hogan. Jesse Brooks, and all music from Obscure Music History, is available on all streaming platforms. For more information, visit ObscureMusicHistory.com.

An analysis of musical theatre duo Kenny & Richards and their ambitious stage work Marty the Matador, examining how Broadway ambition collided with mainstream music charts in the early 80s. Iconic musical theatre duo, Kenny & Richards, get nostalgic over "I Remember", taken from their musical Marty The Matador, disseminating complex music theory throughout their candid conversation. || "Marty The Matador" poster design by Edmund Iffland.

|| Obscure Music History is a podcast investigating the anthology of rarities and B-sides of unpopular music. Produced by Tom Hogan. Kenny & Richards, and all music from Obscure Music History, is available on all streaming platforms. For more information, visit ObscureMusicHistory.com.

A look at late‑1980s pop group The Actives and their existential hit "Have You Read My Book?", exploring authorship, theory, and pop songwriting during a period of identity crisis. Sandy Kloystrüm, principal songwriter for The Actives, discusses the four piece band returning to their roots. She explains the relationship between their song "Have You Read My Book?" and the search for a single unifying theory of the universe. || Obscure Music History is a podcast investigating the anthology of rarities and B-sides of unpopular music. Produced by Tom Hogan. The Actives, and all music from Obscure Music History, is available to listen on streaming platforms everywhere. For more information, visit ObscureMusicHistory.com.

An examination of performance artist Roger Gluible’s transition into songwriting, focusing on his 1991 single "One Less Shadow" and its legacy at the intersection of postmodern art and popular music. Roger Gluible talks us through his transition from the world of performance art, and how it influenced his songwriting career. || Obscure Music History is a podcast investigating the anthology of rarities and B-sides of unpopular music. Produced by Tom Hogan. Roger Gluible, and all music from Obscure Music History, is available on all streaming platforms. For more information, visit ObscureMusicHistory.com.